Saturday, May 10, 2008

Fashionista!!!

I love seeing kids love themselves this much...



Katie ran upstairs to get dressed to go to the mall. I'm not exactly sure what you'd call this style ;-)

Love ya baby girl!!

Moving Right Along...

Introducing my newest bundle of joy...isn't she pretty!


...and together with her big sister...who has suffered quite a bit and was given an early retirement...


I have a very handy little tidbit...I found out, a year and a half too late that California Law states a consumer has up to 30 days to return merchandise - it trumps a 14 day store policy but staff will go to great lengths to avoid complying.

Say if for instance you bought a 20" iMac one afternoon and returned it the next morning for a refund [to purchase another iMac] because the one you have is doing weird, freaky, poltergeist things - you may be told it's a software issue and it is a simple matter of re-installing a few programs. You may not feel comfortable with that and still want a refund. Someone might tell yo you're not entitled to one because it's merely a 'software' issue and must be looked at by genius techs first. Amazing!! Theres nothing wrong with it! Maybe it was your imagination - after all, you are an artist!

You believe them and go along with it thinking you have no other choice. By day 15 and numerous appointments with the so called "genius" bar you may be frustrated and demand a refund. At that point you'd be told "I'm sorry Mam, we have a 14 day policy and let me see...oh, yes - you're at day 15, there's nothing we can do to help you. Did you purchase Apple Care? Yes, Great [you're going to need it]!". Over time to get to know the staff quite well - since you're there so often with you lemon!

Soooo, don't be a "bad consumer" like me and believe everything you're told by a sales person or a tech or any staff member for that matter - your best interests are not their concern! YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO OBTAIN A REFUND

Wow! I feel so much better! If I can help just one person avoid a situation like this, I can let go. Am I bitter? Not so much now.

Thanks for listening ;-)

Friday, May 9, 2008

Warning!!!!!

Too much of this...


Can lead to too much of this...


Yes, in true PhotoMama style I grabbed my camera at 2:30am to catch this moment - hence the ridiculously blurry image and tones of noise. Honestly, taking the shot was cruel and unusual punishment for both of us since he then thought it was time to "go dowdairs n wa a moo-v on tb". Did I mention it was 2:30am? He'd caught the stomach flu two days earlier but since we found this 'like new' tub of cookies behind his favorite chair - almost empty, we're not so sure it was "just" the tummy wog! Scary thing is - he had NO loss of appetite!

"This is the way I clean my room, clean my room cle"...

Sing it with me, we all remember the tune...


You get the picture! Miss Katie has been banished to her room every afternoon until she puts away her toys.


You can see she's taking the matter very seriously ;-)

Thursday, May 1, 2008

OMG!!!!




When I saw this little guy this morning I about fell over! He's got the cutest little face!!! Baby M. belongs to a dear friend of mine and as I prepare to begin the monumental task of catching up since my computer went into a coma, I thought it'd be great to have this little guy christen my new computer!!!! I love him!! I totally want to bring him home!! Congrats Kori, you've got some good genes girl!!

Side note...the color I have at home is SSOOO much nicer than the web version. I'll be working on that! I'm sure it's the click of a wee little button! I have it at warm and creamy and here it's well...YUK!!